Written for @TableTopComposer Contest - #tabletopmusiccomp
Prompt:
“The excitement of starting a new journey”
Description:
Admittedly, this interpretation might be a riskier approach but YOLO lol. The prompt inspired me to think about the interaction between the excitement of starting an epic quest and what an adventurer leaves behind to experience it.
Because of this, I wanted both upbeat and melancholy variations of a main theme, building up to a more epic version (feelings of the quest/the world’s beauty), then resolving to a warm finale. I also wanted a steady flow of short articulation notes, as well as heavy woodwind usage, to evoke feelings of departure and wonder.
Approach:
As I just enrolled in Orchestration II, my main focus for this piece was to uphold the 3 pillars of orchestration (separation, focus, balance). While there are many different “layers,” there are a limited number of voices per section, and I planned out each section with these 3 pillars as best as I could.
In terms of theory, I haven’t really gotten that much study since starting to compose music, so I just followed my ear/intuition for the most part. I suppose I spent more time planning the sound palette since my knowledge in theory is more limited. Here, I used BBCSO instead of my usual libraries, because the piece called for a wide dynamic range, and wouldn’t have sounded very good with more aggressive sounding samples.
Conclusion:
Anyways, that’s it! This was definitely a grind, because I found out on short notice, but thank you for hosting this! Definitely learned a bunch, and know what to work on more than ever.
If I submitted wrong, or need to do anything else, please let me know! Thanks!
P.S. Thanks @memoowo for helping with the video!!
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